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Ukraine needs extra gas and weapons, Zelensky tells G7

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (center) visits the frontline positions of the Ukrainian military during a working trip to the Zaporizhzhia region in this photo released on June 5, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/AFP" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/06/06/20220605-ukraine-zelensky-afp.jpg"/><figcaption>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (center) visits the frontline positions of the Ukrainian military during a working trip to the Zaporizhzhia region in this photo released on June 5, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/AFP</figcaption></figure></div>KYIV, Ukraine - President Volodymyr Zelensky urged G7 nations on Monday to provide extra gas and weapons to help Ukraine survive a brutal winter, which threatens to bring further suffering to millions in the war-torn country.With snow on the ground and Ukraine&#x27;s energy grid battered by Russian strikes, many are facing freezing temperatures without power or heating.During a video conference with the G7 club of wealthy nations on Monday, Zelensky said Ukraine needs &quot;about two billion cubic meters&quot; of additional gas to get through the winter.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/26/22/zelensky-asks-donors-for-38-b-as-russia-shells-bakhmut">Zelensky asks donors for $38-B as Russia shells Bakhmut</a></li></ul>He also urged the G7 to send more arms to Ukraine, including &quot;modern tanks&quot; as well as &quot;rocket artillery and more long-range missiles&quot;.Western-supplied weapons have helped turn the tide in the war, and a senior US military official said Monday that Russia is likely turning to older, less reliable artillery and rocket ammunition as its newer stocks run low.But Zelensky said &quot;Russia still has the advantage in artillery and missiles.&quot;&quot;This is a fact,&quot; he told the G7. &quot;These capabilities of the occupying army are the ones to fuel the Kremlin&#x27;s arrogance&quot;.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/11/15/22/zelensky-tells-g20-now-is-the-time-to-end-russias-war">Zelensky tells G20 &#x27;now is the time&#x27; to end Russia&#x27;s war</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/07/22/time-magazine-names-zelensky-person-of-the-year">Time magazine names Zelensky &#x27;Person of the Year&#x27;</a></li></ul><div>&#x27;We will survive&#x27;</div>Meanwhile in the strategic Ukrainian port of Ochakiv, officials are hoping the Black Sea naval base can serve to consolidate Kyiv&#x27;s gains in the southern Kherson region.After failing to seize the port, Russian troops have been pummelling Ochakiv from the nearby Kinburn peninsula. In the fog at the local market, 62-year-old Oleg Klyutshko said: &quot;I am not afraid of winter... but I would like the strikes to stop. We will survive anything else.&quot;Kyiv says 40 percent of Ukraine&#x27;s critical energy infrastructure has been damaged, with wave after wave of targeted Russian attacks.The Ukrainian energy ministry said in a statement that Russian missiles had hit all of the country&#x27;s thermal power plants, while 44 overhead high-voltage power lines had also been affected.Power company YASNO said supply limitations in Kyiv were &quot;significant&quot; with some 40 percent of supplies diverted to critical infrastructure.Oil and gas company DTEK said its specialists were &quot;constantly looking for equipment to restore the energy infrastructure destroyed by Russia&quot; and had agreed contracts with European suppliers ABB and Siemens.According to a readout issued by his office, Zelensky told the G7 &quot;the terror against our power plants forced us to use more gas than expected&quot;. &quot;This is why we need additional support over this particular winter,&quot; he said.The G7 groups Britain, Canada, France, Germany -- which currently holds the club&#x27;s presidency -- Italy, Japan and the United States.G7 leaders agreed on key elements of a platform to coordinate financial support for Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, before a summit in Paris on post-war reconstruction.Zelensky also proposed a special summit, which he called the Global Peace Formula Summit, &quot;to determine how and when we can implement the points of the Ukrainian Peace Formula,&quot; which would secure Ukraine&#x27;s security and territorial integrity.He invited the G7 industrialised nations &quot;as well as other conscientious countries&quot; to &quot;show your leadership&quot;.The Ukrainian leader also urged Russia &quot;to take a concrete and meaningful step towards a diplomatic settlement&quot;. Zelensky called on &quot;the occupier&quot; Moscow to leave Ukrainian territory by Christmas.&quot;The one who brought the war upon us has to take it away.&quot;bur/pvh/lcm/gw<div>© Agence France-Presse</div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-lMU4egjl-Y?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

President Volodymyr Zelensky urged G7 nations on Monday to provide extra gas and weapons to help Ukraine survive a brutal winter.